Should we restrict food intake during labor?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Food intake during labor; Pregnancy and Childbirth

• Registration Number: ISRCTN11794106
• Lead Sponsor: Meir Medical Center

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2020-12-03
• Study Start: 2023-12-02
• Last Update Posted: 12 December 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 129

Inclusion Criteria

Singleton, term gestation (=37 weeks) during the end of the latent phase of the early second phase of labor, based on regular painful contractions and cervical examination. To decrease the risk of general anesthesia, which is a known risk factor for aspiration, the researchers recruited patients after receipt of epidural anesthesia.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Women with pregestational or gestational diabetes
2. Multiple gestations
3. Non-reassuring fetal heart rate prior to randomization

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
A composite outcome of complications attributed to eating during labor and delivery. The researchers included emergent cesarean section, assisted vaginal deliveries and other indications for interventions that might need a general anesthesia with a potential risk of aspiration and chemical pneumonia such as uterine revision or manual lysis of retained placenta and advanced vaginal lacerations, general anesthesia, postpartum fever, aspiration and prolonged postpartum hospitalization of 5 days and more attributed to complications of aspiration measured using patient records at the end of the study.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Oxytocin augmentation during labor, second stage duration, need for analgesia, emergent cesarean section, early maternal and neonatal outcomes, aspiration and chemical requirements measured using patient records at the end of the study.